This painting reminds me thoroughly of the Great Gatsby. Throughout the novel, Nick speaks about how people never really try to be themselves, how they've been molded into a certain kind of fake persona, to conform with their high class group. They all wear these "masks" so as to fit in with the East egg crew. Hiding their true identities so as to be in the upper, high-class instead of the plain old West egg high class.
Connection to the Great Gatsby
This painting reminds me thoroughly of the Great Gatsby. Throughout the novel, Nick speaks about how people never really try to be themselves, how they've been molded into a certain kind of fake persona, to conform with their high class group. They all wear these "masks" so as to fit in with the East egg crew. Hiding their true identities so as to be in the upper, high-class instead of the plain old West egg high class.